dave293

It's actually pretty light at the moment. azz-230- Have a look a matons website they have a page where they discuss australian tonewoods like bunya, Victorian Blackwood, Queensland Maple and Queensland Walnut http://www.maton.com.au/timbers.asp Some other woods i have heard of being used are Victorian Ash/ Tasmainian oak, Hoop Pine, Lacewood, king william pine, tasmainian mytle and tasmianian huon pine.

Yeah it is silky oak. It has that pattern but its not very large and can't be seen in the photos, Hopefully it will show up much better when it's sanded and finished.

They sell them but they call they hollow forms. http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdproducts....er=Hollow+Forms

This i my first build, it is based on a EBMM john petrucci model The specs are: 1 piece silky oak body rock maple neck with jarrah fretboard 24 medium jumbo frets 12" radius 25.5 inch scale length hardtail bridge string through 2 humbuckers with 3way switch 1 volume, 1 tone This is the slab of silky oak i started with, it's large enough to make 2 one peice bodies. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave...rrrrrrrrrrr.jpg Here it is planed to thickness. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/b26a1c90.jpg The body rough cut out. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave...oughcutbody.jpg The body sanded to shape. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave...oughcutbody.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/sanded002.jpg The bevels started. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/001001.jpg The truss rod slot routed, the bit wandered abit on the first pass, but the channel is straight the rest of the way down. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/001002.jpg The neck rough cut out. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/456001.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/456002.jpg The neck sanded closer to final shape and the tuner holes drilled. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/254001.jpg Thicknessing the headstock. First pass http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/254002.jpg Jarrah fretboad slotted http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/456003.jpg Truss rod adjustment hole being drilled http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/284.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/274005.jpg How it ended up. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/274003.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/274001.jpg Fretboard being clamped on. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/274002.jpg Fretboard flush with neck and the curve at the headstock sanded. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/284001.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/284002.jpg Comments and constructive critism very welcome. Sorry if thats too mant pictures. Dave

Pm Sent. Yeah i'd heard about using ceramic socket but haven't located a supplier yet. I have though about the LMII dishes but for the $80US plus shipping to australia, i figured it would be better to build my own. cheers Dave

SwedishLuthier- Thanks, Pm sent. Mattia- Thanks i found 2 different spreadsheets and a couple of useful sites.

Cheers fryovanni and mattia. fryovanni- Thanks for that info. Btw i was planning on useing a mold, it seemed it would be better to get consistant results. Mattia- thanks aswell, i will have a search for the spreadsheet. Looks as though for the moment i will be busy making molds and jigs as well as making my electrics. I'll post my acoustic build when i start it. Thanks Dave

The company probably just changed it's name and just put a new decal in the old necks.

I'm planning on building my first acoustic soon. At the moment i am building tools and jigs i will need. I'm pretty sure i get how to make a go-bar deck. But today i was preparing to make some radius dishes using a radiused sled and a router, then i thought, how am i going to draw the 15 and 25 Foot radiuses? Is there a trick to it or will i have to set up a 25 foot peice of string to draw it?(if you know what i mean) I have read some articles in the mimf library and couldn't find anything on it? What are methods of doing it? I have also thought about building a fox style bender using LMIs plans has anyone built one these? how was it? If anyone has other jigs or tools that they use that are easy to build and that they find useful ideas are much appreciated. Thanks in advance for any replies.

I had that same problem while removing a neck today, make sure you post how you fixed it. This project looks cool i love seeing restorations, good luck.

Also Durobond paints if your near sydney. http://www.durobond.com.au/

You can set up rails at an angle like mykas neck pocket jig (sorry don't have link someone else will be able to post it) or could shim your routing template In case you need it here is a calculator to work out the neck angle you need. http://www.tundraman.com/jigs/NeckAngle.CFM

Thanks for the advice. I will put this neck aside for another project where i will laminate it with other woods. I will buy a new blank for this project.

^The gap in the middle is 2.5mm. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/dave293/bow.jpg

Ok, i may just buy a new blank for this guitar. But would it be safe to use this board as neck laminations instead of wasting the board? Or would it still be to risky?

Thanks for the replies, mammoth i am trying that method now , thanks.

I have a maple neck blank with a slight bow in it. It is very close to final thickness so i can't plane too much off. Now for the question, Is there any way i cant straighten this blank so i can use it? I have had weights on the blank for almost a week to try and straighten it, but it is not working. Thanks for any repiles.

http://www.mimf.com/library/watkins_sandpaper_sharpening.htm May be of intrest to some. I just got some nice chisels and will be following that guide.

mdf dosent hold screws very well so that might be a problem

it buzzes when i play a open note btw i dont really want to mess with the truss rod as i've never done it before

i have a epiphone sg and it has frett buzz on the first fret how do i fix this do i raise the bridge or adjust the truss rod by the way its a set neck